JUDGEMENT
-
(1.) By these two revision petitions under Section
397/401 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has challenged the judgment and
order dated 12.4.2006 passed by Sessions Judge, Bikaner (for
short 'the revisional court' hereinafter) in Criminal Revisions
No.24 & 14 of 2006, whereby the revisional court set aside the
order dated 26.10.2005 passed by Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate, No.3, Bikaner (for short 'the trial court' hereinafter),
whereby the trial court took the cognizance of the offence under
Section 406 IPC against the contesting non-petitioners. Since,
both the revision petitions arise out of common judgment and
order between the same parties, therefore, they are heard
together and decided by this common order.
(2.) It is contended by the learned counsel for the
petitioner that though after investigation police did not find the
case and filed a negative final report, but the trial court took the
cognizance of the offence and the revisional court fell in error in
setting aside the order of cognizance.
(3.) I have carefully gone through the judgment and
order impugned. From the perusal of the judgment and order
impugned, it appears that there is absolutely no evidence of
entrustment of a sum of Rs. 2,50,000/-. The fixed deposit
receipt for a sum of Rs. 2,50,000/- is said to have been
deposited in the account of Bathiya Panchayat. It also appears
that apart from Mohanlal, other members of Bathiya Panchayat
were authorised to sell the land of Bathiya Panchayat. At any
rate, the sale proceedings have been deposited with the
Panchayat and therefore, the revisional court held that there is
no evidence of entrusement of the property as also the criminal
breach of trust. Since from the material available on record,
there being no evidence to show any entrustment of any
property to the accused non-petitioners and that there was no
ground to presume that contesting non-petitioners committed
the offence of criminal breach, in my view, the revisional court
was justified in setting aside the order taking cognizance. In
the circumstances, therefore, I do not find any error, illegality or
perversity in the judgment and order impugned.
Both the revision petitions are accordingly dismissed.;
Click here to view full judgement.
Copyright © Regent Computronics Pvt.Ltd.